Under the patronage of Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, November 4th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Al Rumaithi: “Thanks to the wise leadership, the UAE has made significant strides and is steadily moving towards greater progress and development in progress and development”

Al Hajiri: “The UAE enjoys a leading role in the region in public safety, security, defense, emergency preparedness and crisis management”

Al Ayyan:  “The Conference addresses the current challenges and is of common interest to all countries in the region”

Under the patronage of Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Major General Mohammed Khalfan Al Rumaithi, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Abu Dhabi Police, inaugurated on Wednesday morning, the Policing and Security Conference under the slogan “Global Challenges and Local Solutions&rdqu ... Read more »

LUXEMBOURG & GENEVA. - Wednesday, November 4th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- To mark the start of the World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 in Geneva this week, SES S.A. (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), has today published its new white paper The Vital Hertz: Radio Spectrum. The white paper emphasises the need to protect radio spectrum for satellite operators to provide vital services around the world. It endorses the need to safeguard C-band satellite spectrum against the mobile community’s bid to gain access to this band, which is an important and irreplaceable resource that is used globally by the satellite industry to provide critical services, such as disaster response solutions, e-health, e-learning, e-banking etc.

“C-band enables emergency support to the public when they need it most,” SES states in its White Paper. “When disaster strikes and terrestrial infrastructure is down, up-to-the-minute information can mean the diffe ... Read more »

 Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, October 31st 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Dr. Michael’s Dental Clinic, the leading and most advanced dental health care provider in the region, is proud to welcome Dr. David Donelson to its team of general dentists. Dr. David is an active member of the American Dental Association, the American Academy of Implant Dentistry and is recently awarded with the prestigious Fellowship from the Academy of General Dentistry.

Dr. David earned his DMD from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in 2009, and pursued post-graduate training from the University of Florida where he received his Certificate in Advanced Education in General Dentistry.

“I have focused the last several years of my dental career and education on esthetic dentistry. Designing smiles in an interdisciplinary manner to achieve imperfectly perfect combination of restorative work to suit the particular needs of the patient.”

“Whethe ... Read more »

Under the Slogan “Road Safety Management and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)”

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, November 4th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Under the patronage of Lt. General H.H Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior and President Emeritus of the Emirates Traffic Safety Society (ETSS), Lt. General Saif Abdullah Al Sha’far, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Interior launched on Wednesday, the International Conference on Traffic Safety. The conference is organized by the Emirates Traffic Safety Society under the slogan “Road safety management and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)” in collaboration with the Arab Organization for Traffic Safety; the International Road safety Organization (La Prévention Routière Internationale ‘PRI’); and the joint Safety and Traffic Solutions Committee (STSC). The two-day event is held at the Intercontinental Hotel, Abu Dhabi.

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ALEXANDRIA, Egypt - Wednesday, November 4th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Pharco Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that Gamal Esmat, M.D., Professor of Haepatology and Endemic Medicine at Cairo University and WHO viral hepatitis expert, will present advanced results of the abstract entitled: High Virologic Response Rate in Egyptian HCV-Genotype 4 Patients Treated with Ravidasvir (PPI-668) and Sofosbuvir: Results of a Large Multicenter Phase 3 Registrational Trial.

The late-breaker, oral presentation will take place on Monday, November 16, 2015 at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco, CA at 3:45PM.

ABOUT PHARCO

Pharco Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is the largest manufacturer of pharmaceuticals in Egypt, focused on research, formulation, manufacturing and commercialisation of pharmaceutical products in the MENA region. Today Pharco employs over 8,000 employees, and has over 500M product sales units—ranking as the leader in the Eg ... Read more »

Via the MoI’s Website and Smart Application

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, November 1st 2015 [ME NewsWire]

In one year, beginning October 2014 through the end of September 2015, a total number of 133,973 fine payment transactions have been conducted via the Ministry of Interior’s smart app, UAE-MOI, and its website, www.moi.gov.ae.

“Customers have several channels to pay their traffic obligations without needing to visit a service center,” said Lt. Colonel Faisal Mohammed Al Shimmari, Executive Director of the MoI’s Smart Government Program. “Customers are able to access their enquiries regarding traffic fines or traffic files for individuals and businesses.” He continued by stating that after connecting the speeding fines from the radars to the system, customers are able to view the images taken from the radar. “Customers are able to review the nature of the violation alongside the time and date of i ... Read more »

Continued slow growth, high unemployment and falling exports lead to pronounced decline in confidence

JOHANNESBURG. - Tuesday, November 3rd 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Confidence amongst business leaders in Africa declined in the third quarter of 2015, falling to its lowest recorded level in six years. The YPO Global Pulse Confidence Index for Africa, which tracks CEO confidence levels in the region on a quarterly basis, slipped 3.1 points from 57.4 to 54.3, its lowest level since the inception of the survey.

Having consistently recorded the greatest levels of confidence in the world throughout 2013, confidence amongst African leaders now lags behind every other region in the world, with the exception of Latin America. Confidence in Africa now trails the global composite reading of 58.1 by 3.8 points.

The decline in confidence within Africa was largely due to pessimistic outlooks in Kenya and Nigeria. Kenya plummeted 15.0 points from 64.5 to ... Read more »

 Enhanced hosting partnership required to support expected explosive growth of carrier-grade Personal Cloud services

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. - Tuesday, November 3rd 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNCR), the leading innovator of cloud solutions and software-based activation for mobile carriers, enterprises, retailers and OEMs worldwide, today announced that based upon success and traction of the Synchronoss Personal Cloud and additional new service providers slated to come online in 2016, it has extended its secure cloud hosting agreement with Vodafone. The deal will provide Synchronoss with additional capabilities to leverage the Vodafone relationship to support the rapid international growth in consumer demand for carrier-grade Personal Cloud services.

Synchronoss’ partnership with Vodafone has been in place for a few years. The global operator will continue to provide cloud hosting services to Synchronoss ac ... Read more »

Flag hoisting ceremony attended by recruits to inspire loyalty

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, November 3rd 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior stressed that celebrating the UAE Flag Day is a glorious national event that marks the unity of our people, singing together with one voice: (Long live my country, live United, our Emirates, the flag lives on). “It is an opportunity to renew our pledge of loyalty to the country’s wise leadership and our sacred land, to keep the flag aloft, as a symbol of dignity, pride and achievement,” said Sheikh Saif.

His Highness Shiekh Saif made this a statement during the ceremony held on Tuesday to raise the UAE flag over the Ministry of Interior’s building, simultaneously with the various departments and federal ministry buildings across the country. “As we celebrate the UAE’s Flag Day, which marks the d ... Read more »